Caveat
Caveat is a handwriting font in 4 weights, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are 34% narrower than the typical handwriting font. Last updated 5 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Caveat
Most PDFs embed only the letters they already use. Type a new letter and many editors either refuse or swap in a different font. MythosPDF recognises Caveat from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Caveat itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 359.5 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 509.2 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 242 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 450 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 33% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Handwriting |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Caveat
Measured on every printable character both fonts contain. A smaller difference means the same words take the same space, so lines break in the same places.
- Harmattan Regularloosely similar widths (38.7 units)
- Beiruti Regularloosely similar widths (39.6 units)
- Cossette Titre Regularloosely similar widths (39.7 units)
- Caveat Brush Regularloosely similar widths (41.9 units)
- Gemunu Libre Regularloosely similar widths (42.1 units)
- Cookie Regularloosely similar widths (44.2 units)
- Farsan Regularloosely similar widths (44.2 units)
- PT Sans Narrow Regularloosely similar widths (45.1 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Caveat?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Caveat itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Caveat free to use?
Caveat is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, an open licence that allows free use in documents, including commercial ones. Check the licence text for your exact use.
+Which font is closest to Caveat?
By measured letter widths, Harmattan is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 38.7 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Caveat support?
It includes these character sets: Cyrillic, Cyrillic Extended, Latin, Central European.
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